Queanbeyan

On the first anniversary of the devastating Carwoola fires, Joy Horton recalls how late-onset trauma forced her to abandon plans to rebuild her 40-acre property, and how losing everything changed her outlook on life.

Regional communities are being touted as winners in this year's New South Wales budget, crowned by a Regional Growth Fund of more than $1 billion for projects to promote economic advancement outside of cities.

Two teenagers who allegedly murdered a Queanbeyan service station attendant, stabbed a second man and bashed a third with a tyre iron are extradited by an ACT magistrate to face court in New South Wales.